Word: momentum
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...spend more time with his beloved dogs and pursue his one rich-guy indulgence: his car collection. But in targeting a billion with a few dollars rather than a few with a billion dollars, he has created a legacy and a growth engine that won't run out of momentum anytime soon...
Sophomore Mike Fucito won balls all over the field and was the Crimson’s most lethal threat through the middle throughout the game, and his hustle and speed resulted in the momentum-changing goal that tied the game in the 12th minute of the second frame...
...Harvard was in position to close it out in the final minutes thanks to a crucial shift in momentum earlier in the second half. Maine, trailing by three at halftime, deleted the deficit by running off a 15-5 run to start the period, a sequence capped by a spectacular put-back dunk by guard Chris Bruff over Cusworth which gave the Black Bears their largest lead...
...With momentum at their backs, Democrats were set to claim a gain of between 20 and 35 seats, well beyond the 15 they needed to take control. That in turn will give Pelosi a mandate for change to launch the kind of tough anti-G.O.P. agenda the White House and their Republican allies on the Hill had feared. "The campaign is over," Pelosi shouted on Election Night, grinning with confidence in front of hundreds of roaring supporters blocks from the Capitol in Washington D.C. "Democrats are ready to lead!" A hoarse Rep. Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democratic Congressional...
...trying to send, what events they're trying to do, whatever it is that they're trying to call attention to - is completely obliterated by days of negative publicity, or even longer, about a particular scandal. In this case, it was the Foley scandal, which clearly interrupted some Republican momentum which had built during the month of September...